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  • Sun
    24
    Nov
    2019

    SLOW. IT. DOWN.

    9:15 & 11:00 AMSanctuary

    Service Leader: Rev. Chris Bell, Joe Gabaeff
    Music by: Sadie Sonntag & the Choir, Roger Corman
    Share the Basket: Breakfast for our Neighbors

    Joshua Bell played his violin in the New York City subway once, and only 7 out of 1000+ people stopped to listen for even one moment. People spend an average of only 17 seconds looking at art in a museum. We are forced to endure an endless stream of instant scandals and interpretations on 24-hour cable news. We work ourselves to death. Something ain’t right, and here will uncover some ways to change the dynamic.

  • Choir sings "Verdant Meadows" by G F Handel

    9:15 and 11:00 AMSanctuary

    This Sunday, your choir will perform an aria from the opera Alcina by George Frideric Handel.  The song is "Verdant Meadows" and in the opera is sung by Ruggiero, a knight, when he realizes the island he's on is really a desert inhabited by monsters.  Even though he knows the island is an illusion, its beauty will haunt him for the rest of his life.

    Verdant meadows, woodland pleasant,
    To my heart thy beauty sings,
    Flowers fair, swift flowing rivers,
    All thy fragrance, all thy flowing,
    Lends my brooding spirit wings.
     
    Verdant meadows, woodlands pleasant,
    Changeless may thy beauty be.
    In the flow of time unceasing,
    And my heart that shared thy gladness
    Feel as now my joy in thee.
     
    Verdant meadows, woodland pleasant,
    To my heart thy beauty sings;
    To my heart thy beauty sings.

    To sing Handel, singers must get a full, rich, broad tone and smooth phrasing.  Handel combined Italian vocal style with German grandeur and power.  Well, we're amateurs, but we have a professional director.  See how well we meet this test next Sunday!

  • Sun
    01
    Dec
    2019

    And this service is about ELEPHANTS

    9:15 & 11:00 AMSanctuary

    Service Leader: Rev. Chris Bell, Veronica Jordan, Jen Freese
    Music by: Alan Bell & friends, Roger Corman
    Share the Basket: YWCA Safe House

    And now for something completely different! Not long ago, a member of UUCSR tried to persuade me to do a service about elephants, and why their majesty, intelligence and social behavior deserve our reverence. She really loves elephants, and I was so persuaded! I scheduled the service, and… she promptly moved out of the state. Doh. But we’re going to talk about awe-inspiring elephants today all the same. After all, there are almost always a few in the room.

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